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Hey, what is this?

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Oh!

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Honey I shrunk the host!

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We're inside a PC right now, and you know what all this stuff is?

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Who invented these components and what makes it all work?

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If you want to find out, play along with us on the Computer Bowl.

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It's a battle of wits on Computer Trivia, the Virtual Bowl, on this special edition

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of the Computer Chronicles.

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To find out more about this and other PCTV programs, join our Computers on Television

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Forum, Go PCTV, only on CompuServe.

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Hi, I'm Stuart Shaffey.

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Welcome to the 1995 Computer Bowl, presented by the Computer Museum of Boston.

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I'm here at the Computer Museum right now in their new Networked Planet exhibit, and

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this is one spectacular example of a network.

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Thanks to fiber optic lines, which are connecting hundreds of computers scattered all over the

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country, we can see on this one electronic display a representation of every single airplane

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currently flying over the United States at this particular moment.

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Now for this year's Computer Bowl, we have participants scattered all over the country

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for the first ever Virtual Bowl, using network technology to bring you a spectacular first

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time ever television event, the Computer Bowl, the Net Generation.

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So on with the Virtual Bowl as we hand off to the next location, somewhere out there

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in cyberspace.

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Okay, Nicholas, we'll keep the questions and I'll keep score.

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Let's begin.

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Okay, Chris, the first one really defines the concept of trivia.

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According to the New York Times, how many parking spaces are there in the garage at

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Bill Gates' new home?

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Catherine Clark, East Coast.

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Twelve.

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Oh, sorry, that's close.

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It's 20.

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Okay, here's some more real trivia.

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If you fly between Silicon Valley and Boston, you probably know that there's only one or

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actually two nonstop flights each day from Boston to San Jose or vice versa.

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They're both American airline flights.

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Can you give us either of the two flight numbers?

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Joseph Alsop, East Coast.

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American 129.

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That's absolutely correct.

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We should say, before we do the next one, that we have Stuart Chiffey at the Computer

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Museum now with a special question.

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The Computer Museum has lots of famous communications devices on display here.

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I'm holding one of them behind my back right now.

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I'll show it to you in just a second.

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It was built in the early 1970s by a famous personal computer pioneer, but it got him

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into a lot of trouble.

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The question is, what is the device and who built it?

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Here it is.

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West Coast.

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It's a blue box and it was Steve Jobs.

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Bosnia.

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That's not correct.

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No, so we're going to ask the East Coast, Catherine Clark.

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It's a blue box by Wozniak.

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That's correct.

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Okay, listening carefully.

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And last year's blockbuster movie, Forrest Gump.

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The title character invests in a computer company.

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Carl Ledbetter, East Coast.

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Apple.

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That's correct.

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Jumped in early and guessed correctly.

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So the East Coast qualifies for this bonus round.

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Listen carefully now.

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East Coast.

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This bonus round deals with the latest book titles in today's computing field.

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Clifford Stoll is the well-known author of The Cuckoo's Egg.

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He has just written a new book that takes aim at the information superhighway.

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What is it called?

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You can consult.

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Silicon Snake Oil.

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That's, well, it's not quite right.

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Judges, will we award that one or not?

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No.

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Not quite.

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No, you left out Valley.

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Silicon Valley Snake Oil.

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Sorry.

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So close.

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They're doing even better.

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Okay, part two of the bonus round.

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There's a new book about cognitive science called Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.

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Who wrote that book?

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Okay, do we have an answer from the captain?

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Nick Negroponte.

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Oh, sorry.

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It's Douglas Hofstadter.

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Okay, the third and final part of the bonus round.

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According to Publishers Weekly, what general computing title is the current top seller

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today?

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Is it How Computers Work, The Internet Navigator, or Internet Yellow Pages?

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How Computers Work, The Internet Navigator, or Internet Yellow Pages?

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What is your answer?

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Internet Navigator.

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I'm sorry, no, it's The Internet Yellow Pages.

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What do the initials WWWW stand for?

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Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast.

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World Wide Web.

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World Wide Web.

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Is that correct now?

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No, I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

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I believe you interrupted, so we're going to give the other side a chance to answer.

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Let me repeat the question.

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Yeah, let me repeat the question for them.

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Okay, because Andy blew it by not listening to the whole question.

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What do the initials WWWW stand for on the internet?

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Paul Gillen, East Coast.

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World Wide Web Worm.

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That is correct.

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Okay, that's the end of the first round, and the score is 60 to 10 in favor of the East

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Coast.

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Okay, now once again, here's Stuart Sheafay at the Computer Museum.

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This huge computer with all the flashing lights over here is the famous Whirlwind computer.

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It was built in 1951.

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The Whirlwind is famous for lots of computing firsts, but one unique part of its history

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is the Whirlwind was the first computer ever to be interviewed live on television.

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The question is, what is the name of the newsman who interviewed the Whirlwind?

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Steve Plank, West Coast.

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Edward R. Murrow.

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Edward R. Murrow is correct.

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Okay, now we have a bonus round coming up, and here's your qualifying question.

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Nicholas?

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Peter Norton is known for pioneering the PC utility business.

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Today he does what?

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One, collect art.

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Two, climb mountains.

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Three, perform a show.

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Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast.

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Collect art.

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That's correct.

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Okay, so the West Coast qualifies for this bonus round.

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This bonus round is a potpourri of three unrelated questions.

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Number one, what book by John Updike features a college professor who contemplates writing

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a computer program to prove the existence of God?

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What book by John Updike features a college professor who contemplates writing a computer

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program to prove the existence of God?

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This is a tough one.

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Do we have an answer?

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Watership Down.

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No, I'm sorry.

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He may have been as surprised by that as we were.

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The answer is Roger's Version.

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Okay, part two of your bonus round now.

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In the 1970 movie Colossus, The Forbin Project, what Northern California site was used for

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the filming?

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Was it the Exploratorium, the Lawrence Hall of Science, or the San Rafael Civic Center?

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Science.

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The answer is Lawrence Hall of Science, that is correct.

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So, ten points.

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Okay, number three in the bonus round.

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In 1960, CBS used an IBM 7090 computer to predict the outcome of the presidential race.

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Was the computer correct?

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No.

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No, that is correct.

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The computer predicted that Nixon would win.

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Okay, Nicholas, our next question, please.

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Right, the next one's not like the roulette table.

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It's not 50-50.

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Here we go.

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What interactive CD-ROM from Japan takes you on a train ride through a mysterious world

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of...

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Steve Blank, West Coast.

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Gadget.

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Gadget is correct for ten points.

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We'd like to get a scoring update now to see how our two teams are faring.

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So let's find out what we've got for a total score.

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Ninety-sixty in favor of the East Coast.

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Nicholas.

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Okay.

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What famous computer personality's email address was printed in the New Yorker in 1994?

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Paul Gellin, East Coast.

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Bill Gates.

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Bill Gates is correct for ten points.

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We've played two rounds so far, and now, panelists, if you're ready, Nicholas, would you give

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us our next question, please?

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Okay.

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It's a long one.

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Two well-known computer personalities, David Packard, Gordon Moore, Paul Allen, and Mitch

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Kapoor, recently pledged a total of over four million dollars to a non-profit organization,

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unfortunately not the Media Lab, called SETI.

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What is the purpose of this organization?

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Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast.

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Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Absolutely correct.

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Very good.

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Ten points.

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Okay.

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Next.

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According to a spoof news release last year, what famous institution was Microsoft rumored

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to be purchasing?

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Paul Gellin, East Coast.

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The Catholic Church.

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That's correct.

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Okay.

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We're moving right along.

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And now, Stuart Shiffey has another question for us.

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This is a computer built out of more than 10,000 Tinker Toy parts.

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It was built in the late 1970s by Danny Hillis and Brian Silverman of Thinking Machines Corporation.

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This Tinker Toy computer was designed to perform one specific task.

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The question is, what was the computer built to do?

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Paul Gellin, East Coast.

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Tic-Tac-Toe.

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I went too soon.

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Play Tic-Tac-Toe is correct.

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Thank you.

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Back to me?

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Back to you, Nicholas.

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Okay.

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Well, one of our judges can really judge this one for sure.

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How much did Hewlett Packard pay for Apollo in 1989?

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Four million...

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Sorry, 476 million.

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I was actually gonna let you guess.

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Paul Gellin, East Coast.

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About there.

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476 million.

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That is correct for 10 points.

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That's pretty good.

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Well, good.

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Panelists, we have a bonus round coming up.

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Nicholas will read your qualifying question.

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Listen carefully.

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Okay.

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What is the Library of Congress two-letter prefix for books dealing with computer science?

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Is it QE, CS, or FR?

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John Landry, East Coast.

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CS.

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What was the answer again, please?

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CS.

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CS is incorrect.

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I'm sorry.

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The correct answer is QE.

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So we will go to another qualifying question for the bonus round.

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Nicholas?

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Okay.

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What is the username for Apple's System 8?

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T-Blank, West Coast.

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Copeland.

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Copeland is correct for 10 points.

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And you qualify for the bonus round, West Coast.

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All right.

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Listen carefully.

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This three-part bonus round deals with computer statistics, part one.

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For 10 points, according to the 1994-95 Computer Industry Almanac, what is the installed base

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of mainframe and supercomputers in the world today?

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That's the total combination.

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Is it 50,000, 500,000, or 5 million?

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What is the total number of mainframe and supercomputers in the world today?

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Is it 50,000, 500,000, or 5 million?

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50,000.

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50,000 is correct.

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Actually 52,000.

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For 10 points.

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Very good.

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All right.

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Part two.

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What is the installed base of many computers in the world?

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Is it 600,000, 6 million, or 60 million?

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How many mini computers in the world?

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600,000, 6 million, or 60 million?

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I would say 600,000.

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6 million is too many.

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Can we have your answer?

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600,000.

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600,000 is not correct.

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It is 6 million.

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Let's try part three now of this bonus round.

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What percent of the world's computers are in the United States?

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Is it 43%, 63%, or 83%?

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What percent of the world's computers are in the United States?

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43%, 63%, or 83%?

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63%?

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I'm sorry.

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No, it's 43%.

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But you did get one out of the three correct.

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So the score is 130 to 120.

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And that's in favor of the East Coast, I believe.

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That is correct.

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So they're hanging on by a very slim margin.

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Nicholas, on to our regular questions.

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Okay, it's tight, folks.

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Of the top 10 memory chip makers in 1994, only two were U.S. companies.

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One was Texas Instruments.

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Who was the other?

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Three blank, West Coast.

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Micron.

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Micron is correct for 10 points.

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What year did Digital Equipment Corporation ship the first PDP-8 minicomputer?

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1965, 66, or 67?

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East Coast.

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65.

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65 is correct for 10 points.

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Very good.

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I noticed Gordon was in the audience at the West Coast, so he can confirm that.

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Okay, this is a long one, folks.

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The Annie Awards, A-N-N-I-E, awards are given each year for the best animated commercials.

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In 1994, the animated award for the first time went to a computer-generated animated

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commercial for which company?

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For a product, you have to decide which company.

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Dow Chemical, Nike Shoes, or Coca-Cola?

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Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast.

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Coca-Cola.

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Coca-Cola, yes, for their animated polar bears.

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Very good.

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Okay, we're going to end the round now with the East 140 and the West 140.

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It's all even.

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To find out more about this and other PCTV programs, join our Computers on Television

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Forum.

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Go PCTV, only on CompuServe.

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Okay, it's time for the fourth and final round of the Computer Bowl.

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Let's begin.

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Nicholas, would you start us off?

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Okay, Ray Tomelson may not be a household name, but he invented something that most

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computers know well.

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Which did he invent of the following?

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The at sign for email addresses, the hole in the middle of CD-ROMs, or the blinking

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cursor?

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Paul Jolly, East Coast.

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The blinking cursor.

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No, I'm sorry, it's the at sign, the hole in the middle of CD-ROMs.

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The hole in the middle.

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Well, we couldn't stump you with a hole in the middle of the CD-ROM.

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That's okay.

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Nicholas, next.

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It's the at sign.

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Okay.

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What kind of computer was used to create the special effects for the movies, three movies,

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Forrest Gump, The Mask, and The Flintstones?

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Steve Black, West Coast.

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Silicon Graphics.

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Silicon Graphics is absolutely correct.

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You get 10 points.

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It's unfair, that was written for Steve.

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Okay, two as yet unreleased software packages are code named after locations on Interstate

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57.

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What are the cities and software packages?

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Joe, East Coast.

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Cairo and Chicago.

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Yes, and the products, please.

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Windows NT and Windows 95.

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Judges, will we give that?

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Yes, we'll give that.

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That's close enough.

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Yes, it's Windows NT 4.0.

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I think that's fairly implicit.

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That's very good.

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You're in Cairo when you're out there, by the way.

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We want to make that perfectly clear.

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Pay attention.

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This is a very long one, okay?

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Who said the following?

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And this is the quote.

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The basic idea of associative indexing is a provision whereby any item may be caused

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at will to select immediately and automatically another.

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Wholly new forms and encyclopedias will appear ready-made with a mesh of associative trails

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running through them.

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Ready to blank, West Coast.

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Vannevar Bush.

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Very good.

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It's Vannevar Bush.

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It's a quote from his seminal paper, as we may know, in the Atlantic Monthly in 1945,

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where he essentially talked about the concept of hypertext.

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Nicholas, oh, before, let me get a score update, because I heard it in my ear.

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It didn't quite get.

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It's 150 for the East and 170 for the West.

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Okay, Nicholas.

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So, the dark horse has pulled ahead here.

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At the first West Coast computer fair during the 1970s, Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak,

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played a prank by printing and distributing 20,000 leaflets for a non-existent computer.

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Did he call it the?

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Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast.

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The Zaltair.

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That's correct, the Zaltair.

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Very good.

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You should know, Andy.

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It's your last chance to get some more points all at once.

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Here's your qualifying question.

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Nicholas.

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Okay.

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This coming February, the computer industry will celebrate the fifth anniversary of what

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famous?

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Sorry, I am very sorry.

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Well, I announced I was dyslexic in my book, so.

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Paul Dillon, East Coast.

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The 50th.

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The Mark I.

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I'm sorry, that's incorrect, and you interrupted us, so we will repeat the entire question

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on the other side.

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See if I can read it right this time.

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To the other side.

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This coming February, the computer industry will celebrate the 50th anniversary of what

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famous early computer?

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Does anyone want to take a shot?

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Okay, Steve Blank, West Coast.

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ENIAC.

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ENIAC is correct.

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Okay.

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So you qualify for the bonus round.

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This bonus round is all about code names for software.

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Listen carefully.

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These names are courtesy of Michael Hyman, author of the upcoming book, PC Roadkill.

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There's a great title for you.

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Number one, for 10 points, which of the following is not a theme used for code names of OS2

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releases?

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Mercedes numbers, boat types, or baseball team names.

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Which is not a theme used for code names of OS2 releases?

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Mercedes numbers, boat types, or baseball team names.

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May we have your answer, please?

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Baseball team names.

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That's correct.

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Baseball team names.

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10 points.

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All right, part two.

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What was the code name for the Apple III?

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Have you heard?

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Well, no, we just, uh, we're still in a bonus round here, so we're going to be talking to

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the team captain.

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What was the?

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Sarah.

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Sarah is correct.

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All right.

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Part three, last part of the bonus round.

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What were Go Corporation's code names for PenPoint?

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There are two.

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What were Go Corporation's code names for PenPoint?

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I need an answer.

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Go, go, go.

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I'm sorry, time is up.

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The answer is Amstel and Rolling Rock.

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Okay, I'm told that our time is up.

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That is the end of the game, and the East is 180 and the West is 230, so the West has

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won the seventh computer bowl.

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